Jogwa - The Awakening

Jogwa - The Awakening (AA)

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  • Genre(s): Drama, Romance
  • Language(s): मराठी (Marathi)
  • Director(s): Rajiv Patil
  • Cast(s): Mukta Barve, Upendra Limaye, Kishore Kadam, Priya Arun, Vinay Apte See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 32min
  • Award(s): Silver Lotus 2009 (Won)
    Zee Marathi Gaurav 2010 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Medium Spicy, Coffee
  • Story:
    Jogwa actually means alms given to a person, usually known as a jogta or a jogtini. They are forced by the society to give up everything and serve God. A jogta has to give up the fact of being a man and suppress all his desires. This tradition was followed in the rural areas in the ancient times and like any tradition was flexible enough for those in power to misuse it. It is known to be still followed in some villages in Karnataka.Jogwa is a love story between jogta played by Uupendra Limaye and jogtini played by Mukta Barve.
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STORY

Story
Jogwa actually means alms given to a person, usually known as a jogta or a jogtini. They are forced by the society to give up everything and serve God. A jogta has to give up the fact of being a man and suppress all his desires. This tradition was followed in the rural areas in the ancient times and like any tradition was flexible enough for those in power to misuse it. It is known to be still followed in some villages in Karnataka.Jogwa is a love story between jogta played by Uupendra Limaye and jogtini played by Mukta Barve.

AWARDS

Won
Silver Lotus Award

Best Music Direction | 2009 | Ajay

Best Playback Singer Female For | 2009 | Shreya

Best Playback Singer (Female) | 2009 | Shreya

Best Playback Singer (Male) | 2009

Best Actor | 2009 | Upendra

Best Film on Social Issues | 2009

Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar Award

Best Actress | 2010 | Mukta

Best Actor | 2010 | Upendra

Nominations
Zee Marathi Gaurav Award

Best Sound Design Mix | 2010 | Justin

V Shantaram Annual Film Award

Best Actor | 2009 | Upendra

TRIVIA

Trivia

Jogwa is considered to be cult classic with respect to the sensitive topic it handled and won many accolades throughout Maharashtra as well as in Indian annual Film National awards. Music Director Duo Ajay Gogavale & Atul Gogavale (Better known as Ajay-Atul and are real brothers) won The National Award for best music in 2009 Indian Annual National Awards. Notably Singers Hariharan (South Indian) & Shreya Ghoshal (Bengali) won the National Awards for singing in Male & Female category for the song "Jeev Rangala" featured on lead actors Upendra Limaye & Mukta Barve which is a Marathi song.

On the centenary of Indian cinema in April 2013, Forbes included Upendra Limaye's performance in the film on its list, "25 Greatest Acting Performances of Indian Cinema".

Turning point for Mukta Barve who became a star after the film.

Upendra Limaye won the best actor National Award.

The story is adapted and based on three novels - Chaundak and Bhandar Bhog by Dr Rajan Gavas and Darshan by Charuta Sagar.